Sewed-in or english bag-frame.



PATENTED DEC. 18, 190

. J. LANGE. SEWED-IN "0R ENGLISH BAG FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LANGE, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO R. NEU- MANN HARDWARE (.10., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed March 21,1906. Serial No. 307.139.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LANGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sewed-In or English Bag- Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap ertains to make and use the same, reference -eing had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates generally to improvements in frames for traveling-bags, satchels, and other bags, and the invention has reference more particularly to a novel construction of bag-frame to be used in the construction of traveling-bags, Satchels, and other bags commonly known as English or sewed-in bags.

In the sewed-in bag, as it is manufactured to-day the stitching or sewing must be done by hand, the reason for this being that the ordinary bag-frame, known as the English or sewed-in bag-frame, which is commonly used in this form or style of bag, is of such a construction that sewing by means of the sewing-machine is rendered impossible.

The present invention, therefore, has for its principal object to provide a novel and simply-constructed bag-frame, known as the English or sewed-in bag-frame, which is of such a construction that the leather body portions of a traveling-bag, satchel, or other bag may be readily sewed thereto by means of machine stitching or sewing. It will thus be understood that by the use of the novel bag-frame embodying the principles of the present invention English or sewed-in bags may be manufactured with a considerable saving in cost, time, and labor and, furthermore, an English or sewed-in bag of improved a pearance will be the result by reason of t e evenness and continuity of the machine-stitching.

The present invention consists in the novel bag-frame hereinafter described; and, furthermore, this invention consists in the various arrangements and combinations of parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the same, all of which will be more fully set forth in the following specification and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim, which are appended to and which form an essential part of the said specification.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top or plan view of an English or sewed-in bag, illustrating more particularly the stitches by means of which the leather body portions of the bag are sewed to the bag-frame. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical crosssection through the bag-frame and the leather body portions sewed thereto. Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of the novel bag-frame embodying the principles of the present invention. Fig. 4 is a detail vertical cross-section of the bag-frame, said section being taken on line 4 4 in the said Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a similar vertical cross-section of the bag-frame, taken on line 5 5 in the said Fig. 3, both of said sections being on an enlarged scale.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the above-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

In said drawings the reference character 1 indicates any well-known form of English or sewed in bag, the leather body portions 2 of which are secured to the bag-frame 3 by means of the stitches 4. The bag-frame 3 consists of an upper frame or body section 5 and a lower frame or body section 12, both of which are pivotally connected or hinged in the usual manner. To the framesection 5 are secured at convenient intervals laterally-extending and substantially narrow arms or brackets 6, secured to the said upper frame or body section 5 by means of rivets or similar fastening means 7. Said laterally and outwardly extending arms or brackets 6 are provided with downwardly-extending portions 8, to which is secured, by means of rivets or similar fastening means 9, the side frame section or plate 10, the laterally-extending arms or brackets 6, extending outwardly and beyond the outer marginal edge of the upper frame or body section 5, thus providing an open space 11 of any desirable width between the outer edge of the upper frame-section 5 and the upper edge of the side frame section or plate 10.

The previously-mentioned lower frame or body section 12 is also provided with laterally and outwardly extending and substantially narrow arms or brackets 13, secured to the said lower frame or body section 12 by means of rivets or similar fastening means 14. The said laterally and outwardly extending arms or brackets 13 are provided with downwardly-extending portions 15, to which is secured, by means of rivets or other similar fastening means 16, a side frame section or plate 17. The laterally-extending arms or brackets 13 extend outwardly and beyond the outer marginal edge of the lower frame or body section 12, thus providing an open space 18 of any desirable width between the outer edge of the lower frame-section 12 and the upper marginal edge of the side frame section or plate 17 Referring now more particularly to Fig. 2 of the drawings, it will be noted that the bagframe sections are provided with coverings of leather or similar material 19 in the ordinary manner. The leather body portions 2 are then placed in position and stitched through the openings or spaces 11 and 18 to the leather or other covering 19 upon the said bag-frame sections by means of the stitches 4.

The spaces or openings 11 and 18 of the said bag-frame being located beyond the outer marginal edges of the two frame or body sections 5 and 12 or in the same plane as the outer faces of said upper and lower frame sections 5 and 12, it is therefore possible to sew the leather body portions 2 to the bag-frame sections by means of the vertically-moving needle of a sewing-machine, which when in operation can pass through the said spaces or openings 11 and 18, thus providing a quick and easy method of manufacturing English or sewed-in bags, which saves time, labor, and expense and provides a bag of neat appearance.

I claim 1. An English or "sewed-in bag-frame comprising a pair of hinged frame-sections, and a side plate connected with each framesection, said side plates being located beyond the outer marginal edges of said framesections and at right angles to the planes of the flat faces of said frame-sections, all arranged to provide sewing-openings for machine-stitching contiguous to said outer marginal edges of the frame-sections and lying in the planes of the flat faces of said framesections, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. An English or sewed-in bag-frame comprising a pair of hinged frame-sections,

and a side plate connected with each framesection, said side plates being located beyond the outer marginal edges of said frame sections and at right angles to the planes of the flat faces of said frame-sections, all arranged to provide sewing-openings for machine-stitching contiguous to said outer marginal edges of the frame-sections and lying in the planes of the flat faces of said framesections, all combined with the leather coverings surrounding said frame-sections and said side plates, and the machine-stitching passed through the leather coverings of a frame-section and its connected side plate, said stitching extending through said open: ings, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. An English or sewed-in bag-frame, comprising upper and lower frame-sections, outwardly extending brackets upon said upper and lower frame-sections, side plates secured upon said brackets, each side plate being located beyond the marginal edge of the frame-section with which it is connected and said side plates and the respective frameseotions forming openings lying in the planes of the faces of the respective frame-sections, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. An English or sewed-in bag-frame, comprising upper and lower frame-sections, and side plates forming laterally-extending openings or spaces between said upper and lower frame-sections and their respective side plates, through which the leather body portions of the bag may be sewed to the bagframe, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. A bag-frame section comprising a main body-section, and a side plate, said side plate being located beyond the outer marginal edge of said main body-section, to provide sewing-spaces lying in the planes of the flat faces of the main bodysection which permit of machine-stitching, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. A bag-frame section comprising a main body-section, and a side plate, said side plate being located beyond the outer marginal edge of said main body-section, and means between said body-section and side plate for rigidly connecting said parts, said parts being arranged to provide sewing-spaces lying in-the planes of the flat faces of the main body section which permit of machinestitching, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. A bag-frame section comprising a main body-section, and a side plate, said side plate being located beyond the outer marginal edge of said main body-section, and means between said body-section and side plate for rigidly connecting said parts, said parts being arranged to provide sewing-spaces lying in the planes of the flat faces of the main body section which permit of machinestitching, said means consisting of narrow angular brackets, and means at the ends of said brackets for securing the end portions of said brackets respectively to said main body-section and said side plate, substan tially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. A bag-frame section comprising a main bodysection, and a side plate, said side plate being located beyond the outer marginal edge of said main body-section, and means I substantially as and for the purposes set between said bodysection and side plate for forth.

rigidly connecting said parts, said parts be- In testimony that I claim the invention ing arranged to provide sewing-spaces lying set forth above I have hereunto set my hand 5 in the planes of the flat faces of the main this 19th day of March, 1906.

body section which permit of machinestitching, said means consisting of narrow JOHN LANGE' angular brackets, and rivets for securing the Witnesses:

end portions of said brackets respectively to FREDK. C. FRAEN ZEL,

0 said main body-section and said side plate, 1 F. H. W. FRAENTZEL. 

